As we renew the year with a fresh start and heaps of hope, a gaggle of Unitarian Universalist poets will explore in verse what renewal means to them. Start your 2022 with our church’s traditional poetry service. See you then.
Service coordinator: Steve Lennon
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Sounds of Renewal
January 2, 2022
Centering Thought
adapted from Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson
Imagine a day…
when grace and daring are all we need to build a bridge.
Imagine a day…
when you forget how to fall.
Imagine a day…
when you don’t need wings to soar.
Imagine a day…
when you build the world around you piece by piece.
Imagine…today.
Centering Music
Creative Spirit performed by First UU Winnipeg Choir
Welcome
Sarah Cummings
Gathering Hymn
352 Find a Stillness
Chalice Lighting
Words by Rev. Dr. Cynthia Landrum M.C. Ziegler
Opening Words
Fresh New Year words by Steve Lennon
Affirmation
Love Is the Spirit (song sheet)
Candles of Caring
Shar Lynn
Unison Words
We pause to reflect on our past week, and on the new year ahead, to think of changes and challenges that lay before us. And, as we share what is in our hearts and support each other along the way, we are all strengthened.
Hymn
55 Dark of Winter
Offering
Steve Lennon
Our Share the Plate partner for January is Wahbung Abinoonjiiag.
Offertory
The Gift of Love performed by the First UU Winnipeg Choir
Anthem
6 Just as Long as I Have Breath
Meditation
Sarah L. Thomson, words by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
The sound of the bell and two minutes of silence will follow the spoken meditation.
UU Poets
Poets, introduced by Steve Lennon:
- Jenny Gerbasi
- Roger Rochester (video)
- M.C. Ziegler
- Robert Malo
- Tazi Rodrigues
- Steve Lennon
Closing Hymn
49 Stillness Reigns
Announcements
Steve Lennon
Closing Words
Sarah L. Thomson
adapted from Imagine a Night by Sarah L. Thomson
Chalice Extinguishing
Carry the Flame
Transition
To the Light performed by the First UU Winnipeg Choir
Gratitude
Gratitude for our staff and lay leaders who made this service happen:
- Leaders: Steve Lennon, Jenny Gerbasi, Robert Malo, Roger Rochester, Tazi Rorigues, M.C. (Cate) Ziegler
- Coordinators: Steve Lennon and Sarah Cummings
- Tech Team: Janet Toews, Lori Lewis, Colleen Millikin
- Candles of Caring Host: Shar Lynn
- Songleading Videos: Paul Rodermond, Acting Music Director/Accompanist; P.J. Buchan, past Music Director; First UU Winnipeg Choir, Josh Robern, Editor
- To contact Sunserv, the Sunday Services Team, please email worship@uuwinnipeg.mb.ca